PATNA: As beds in the Covid wards of most government and private
hospitals here are filled to capacity, patients reaching the city from different districts have to move from one hospital to another in hope of getting treatment.
However,
Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) had 29 Covid beds lying unoccupied by Tuesday. “Of the 112 beds in the Covid ward at PMCH, 83 are occupied,” hospital superintendent Dr IS Thakur said. He said there was little scope to further increase Covid beds as non-Covid patients are also making a beeline for the hospital from across the state.
As the 110 beds in Covid ward of the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna (AIIMS-P) are fully occupied, the hospital has proposed to arrange additional beds for the Covid patients. “At least 30 more beds will become functional from Wednesday,” said AIIMS-P nodal officer for Covid Dr Sanjeev Kumar. He added at least 70
ambulances carrying Covid patients had to return from AIIMS-P on Tuesday due to non-availability of beds.
All the 95 beds at Ruban Hospital are full having no scope for fresh admissions, said hospital’s managing director Dr
Satyajeet Singh. He added at least 10 Covid patients were awaiting admission at the hospital. “The new patients will be admitted only after some old ones are discharged,” Dr Singh said.
At
Paras HMRI Hospital too, all the 48 beds are full. Several ambulances were seen returning with patients after getting no bed at the hospital on Tuesday. Regional director of the hospital Dr Talat Halim said the waiting list was getting longer.
“The 55-bed Covid ward of Ford Hospital is fully occupied by patients,” said
Pradeep Sharma, the quality manager of the hospital. He added the RT-PCR test reports of some admitted patients came negative, but their symptoms and other examinations indicated Covid infection.
The 28-bed Covid ward at Jagadish Memorial Hospital is also full, said hospital’s administrator Arpana Minakshi. She added at least 25 Covid patients are being refused admission at the hospital per day owing to shortage of beds.
However, at a little distance from the city, all the 30 Covid beds at Netaji Subhash Medical College at Amhara near Bihta are lying vacant.